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<blockquote data-quote="BookTenTiger" data-source="post: 8489252" data-attributes="member: 6685541"><p>Speaking of invisibility of native peoples, my first year of teaching (I had a mixed-age classroom of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders, and yes it was a mess) I ran a history unit in which the students studied the cultural touchstones of native Californian communities. There were two children in my class from the Tule Tribe. Their aunt came in and did a presentation on what their lives were like, demonstrating both traditional and modern practices.</p><p></p><p>At the end of the unit, we sat at the carpet reflecting on what we'd learned. When I mentioned modern day Native Americans, one of the students asked, "Wait, Native Americans are still alive?"</p><p></p><p>I was really shocked and disappointed in my own teaching. I hadn't realized just how much narrative I had to push against to pull native representation from "people who used to be here" to "people who have been here and are still here."</p><p></p><p>I mentioned before about how last year in my 3rd Grade classroom, I had the students complete a project in which they wrote Land Acknowledgements recognizing that our school stood on the grounds once occupied by the Coast Miwok. During this unit, I really made sure to repeat, over and over, that the Coast Miwok are still alive, use modern technology, are still fighting for recognition and land rights, etc etc etc. Literally every lesson I would ask, "Did the Coast Miwok only live long ago?" Or "Are the Coast Miwok still around?" or "Are the Coast Miwok still alive?" The kids got very sick of that question, but you better believe now they know that Native Americans are still a part of our modern community!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BookTenTiger, post: 8489252, member: 6685541"] Speaking of invisibility of native peoples, my first year of teaching (I had a mixed-age classroom of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders, and yes it was a mess) I ran a history unit in which the students studied the cultural touchstones of native Californian communities. There were two children in my class from the Tule Tribe. Their aunt came in and did a presentation on what their lives were like, demonstrating both traditional and modern practices. At the end of the unit, we sat at the carpet reflecting on what we'd learned. When I mentioned modern day Native Americans, one of the students asked, "Wait, Native Americans are still alive?" I was really shocked and disappointed in my own teaching. I hadn't realized just how much narrative I had to push against to pull native representation from "people who used to be here" to "people who have been here and are still here." I mentioned before about how last year in my 3rd Grade classroom, I had the students complete a project in which they wrote Land Acknowledgements recognizing that our school stood on the grounds once occupied by the Coast Miwok. During this unit, I really made sure to repeat, over and over, that the Coast Miwok are still alive, use modern technology, are still fighting for recognition and land rights, etc etc etc. Literally every lesson I would ask, "Did the Coast Miwok only live long ago?" Or "Are the Coast Miwok still around?" or "Are the Coast Miwok still alive?" The kids got very sick of that question, but you better believe now they know that Native Americans are still a part of our modern community! [/QUOTE]
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